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Nashville Predators vs. Boston BruinsDec 22, 2018

Final· TD Garden
Goals123TShots123T
NSH0112NSH715830
BOS1045BOS10111132
NSH 54BOS 62
NSH 1.89BOS 4.43
PP goals
NSH 0BOS 2
Hits
NSH 23BOS 24
Blocks
NSH 12BOS 12
PIM
NSH 6BOS 4
NSH 52%BOS 48%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Boston Bruins beat Nashville Predators 5–2

Boston Bruins beat Nashville Predators 5–2 at home. Patrice Bergeron (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 2A. New look for NSH: Bonino–Hartman–Fiala skated 8:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Patrice Bergeron had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 16:25.Bergeron
  2. Points
    Brad Marchand had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 18:50.Marchand
  3. Points
    David Pastrnak had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:19.Pastrnak
  4. Points
    Charlie McAvoy had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:47.McAvoy
  5. Points
    Roman Josi had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:30.Josi
  6. New line
    New look for NSH: Bonino–Hartman–Fiala skated 8:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BoninoHartmanFiala
  7. New line
    New look for BOS: Bergeron–Marchand–Heinen skated 11:39 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BergeronMarchandHeinen
  8. New line
    New look for NSH: Smith–Johansen–Grimaldi skated 7:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SmithJohansenGrimaldi

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Shot map, NSH at BOS: 116 attempts, 62 on goal, 7 goals, 6.31 expected goals; best chance Sean Kuraly at 0.57 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← NSH attacks left (bottom on phones)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →
  • BOS
  • NSH
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · BOS 62 · NSH 54

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, NSH at BOS: expected goals 4.43 to 1.89 (BOS led the chances), shot attempts 62 to 54, 7 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdBOSNSHBJBTMPKnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • BOS
  • NSH
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
BOSNSHcontrol2nd3rdBergeron · 1st 15:10Johansen · 2nd 13:01Bergeron · 3rd 1:44Turris · 3rd 9:17Marchand · 3rd 11:23Pastrnak · 3rd 14:09Kuraly · 3rd 18:01
  • BOS pressure
  • NSH pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NSH 25% of the game, BOS 44%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, NSH at BOS: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Jaroslav Halak (60:00) for BOS and Pekka Rinne (59:02) for NSH, 7 goals.

BOS
NSH
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatNSHBOS
5959
1.903.15
1.832.98
716
46
2329
+0.019−0.018
25%44%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Nashville Predators

Current NSH line combinations →

Boston Bruins

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 15:10
    NSH 0 – 1 BOS

2nd period

  1. 13:01
    NSH 1 – 1 BOS

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nick Bonino CL1000020.0503019:14——4648
Kevin Fiala LL1000-130.0910018:11——3933
Ryan Hartman RL1000-120.2702217:20——3931
Ryan Johansen CL2101-210.0101218:41——4440
Craig Smith CL2011-140.3910016:52——6666
Rocco Grimaldi RL2000030.2730015:05——5643
Calle Jarnkrok CL3000010.2220018:13——5320
Miikka Salomaki RL3011+120.1510014:32——6746
Kyle Turris CL3101020.0510014:31——5827
Austin Watson LL4000000.0140010:22——3113
Frederick Gaudreau CL4000010.111007:44——6066
Zac Rinaldo CL4000000.011007:41——2524
Roman Josi DD1022-130.1200025:30——4837
Ryan Ellis DD1000-110.0121022:53——4437
Mattias Ekholm DD2000000.0032221:24——5736
Dan Hamhuis DD2000020.0420020:39——4933
Matt Irwin DD3000010.0710015:07——5447
Yannick Weber DD3000020.0203013:01——5374
NSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Pekka Rinne(start)L31274.8713.8559:02

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
David Krejci CL1000-120.5111018:26——5769
David Pastrnak RL1123030.2920018:19——6974
Joakim Nordstrom CL1000-100.1230016:00——5672
Brad Marchand LL2123+260.7901018:50——3843
Patrice Bergeron CL2224+230.3800016:25——4552
Danton Heinen LL2011+130.4301015:15——4358
Chris Wagner RL3000000.0112012:38——4763
Sean Kuraly CL3101020.9510012:32——5783
Noel Acciari CL3000010.1741011:57——4567
Colby Cave CL4000010.1010013:52——5270
David Backes RL4000030.1821012:23——4050
Ryan Donato CL4000000.0020011:15——5676
Charlie McAvoy DD1022+110.0820021:47——4859
Matt Grzelcyk DD1000+210.0011419:59——4956
Brandon Carlo DD2000+110.1220023:04——5365
Torey Krug DD2000030.2712022:00——5366
John Moore DD3000-120.0310017:06——4771
Steven Kampfer DD3000-100.0002014:12——5061
BOS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)W30282.9331.8960:00